Is it actually copper?

No, that's just the name of the ink.

Ohhh that’s nice too.

How much

Around 400 EUR.

Holy fucking shit

The best nibs are on 3776s. What nib size?

Don’t let Ken Paxton near it!

Medium. I tend to prefer medium on Platinums, where I would choose fine with Pilots.

Hopefully you didn't buy it from Ea Nasir.

Hmm. The seller did treat my messenger with contempt.

It's a popular ink, IIRC from Goulet Pen's list-by-popularity.

goes to look

https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/all-ink

Yeah, on the first page, #8 best-selling, and #1 is "send me a random ink sample", so I'm not sure that that should count; probably should be #7.

I think I have some sitting around myself, but haven't gotten around to trying it.

https://mountainofink.com/blog/diamine-ancient-copper

EDIT: Actually, that's probably not the best ranking to use, since that includes sample vials, and most people getting sample vials are probably just trying it, not necessarily set on using a bunch of it.

But on the list of bottled ink sales, it's #18, which is still pretty high:

https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/all-ink?sort_by=best-selling&filter.p.product_type=Bottled+Ink&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=

I would have guessed more. It's a fantastic looking pen.

That's a cool list, thanks. I actually have three of my favorites side by side there. Red Dragon, Oxblood and Ancient Copper. I'm a certified Diamine addict.

That is a brilliant pen! Absolute beauty!

For a pen...

A tube that holds ink.

An item which we've known how to make for centuries and which is mass produced.

At minimum wage in Germany that's 29 hours of work, for a pen. Granted a pretty pen, but still just a pen.

Y'all are crazy.

Niche hobby people are just weird like that. Ever seen the Coffee community?
Not something many people like us can afford but there are cases where it's justified.

Diamine's among my favorites, too. I love Ancient Copper, but Oxblood is þe GOAT.

Do you not have any hobbies that you might want to spend a bit more on if you could? Maybe as a reward for surviving something particularly grueling? That's what it is for me, and for you to call me crazy as a result would be pretty insulting if it wasn't coming from some random on the internet.